KolibriOS Alternatives

KolibriOS is described as 'Tiny yet incredibly powerful and fast operating system. This power requires only a few megabyte disk space and 8MB of RAM to run. Kolibri features a rich set of applications that include word processor, image viewer, graphical editor, web browser and well over 30' and is a operating system in the file management category. There are more than 50 alternatives to KolibriOS for a variety of platforms, including Linux, Windows, Self-Hosted, Mac and BSD apps. The best KolibriOS alternative is Linux Mint, which is both free and Open Source. Other great apps like KolibriOS are Ubuntu, Debian, Fedora and Arch Linux.

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  1. SerenityOS icon
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    Serenity is a graphical 32-bit Unix-like operating system with 90s aesthetics and built for x86 systems.

    119 SerenityOS alternatives

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    • Self-Hosted
     
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    Is as lightweight as it and its on development to support real hardware

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    • SerenityOS is Free and Open SourceKolibriOS is also Free and Open Source
  2. illumos icon
     19 likes

    illumos is a free and open-source Unix operating system. It derives from OpenSolaris, which in turn derives from SVR4 UNIX and Berkeley Software Distribution (BSD). illumos comprises a kernel, device drivers, system libraries, and utility software for system administration.

    169 illumos alternatives

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    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Mac
    • Windows
    • Linux
     
  3. MiniOS icon
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    MiniOS is a lightweight and fast Linux distribution designed for installation on a USB drive. The MiniOS project was launched in 2009 as a Linux distribution for USB drives based on Mandriva Linux. However, in 2013 it was suspended due to the liquidation of Mandriva.

    48 MiniOS alternatives

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    • Linux
     
  4. Crystal Linux is a brand new Arch Linux based distribution. Friendly, powerful and easy to use.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Arch Linux
    • GNOME
     
  5. MidnightBSD icon
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    MidnightBSD is a new BSD-derived operating system developed with desktop users in mind. It includes all the software you'd expect for your daily tasks — email, web browsing, word processing, gaming, and much more.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
    • Self-Hosted
     
  6. Macpup icon
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    Macpup is a minimalist desktop Linux distribution based on Puppy Linux . It uses Enlightenment as the default window manager and provides a user interface resembling that of Apple's macOS .

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Alerts

    • Discontinued

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  7. Legacy OS icon
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    Legacy OS (formerly TEENpup Linux) is a distribution based on Puppy Linux.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

    Platforms

    • Linux
     
  8. Mezzano icon
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    An operating system written in Common Lisp. Contribute to froggey/Mezzano development by creating an account on GitHub.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source (MIT)

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    • Self-Hosted
     
  9. Pearl OS icon
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    Pearl Linux OS has been available for free download since 12/2014 with our first release simply titled Pearl Linux. It was based on the 14.04 released version of Ubuntu. That release was using the XFCE desktop environment.

    Cost / License

    • Free
    • Open Source

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    • Linux
     
  10. Enso OS icon
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    Enso aims to be a clean and simple OS that is easy to use and incorporates some of our favourite projects from around the Linux world.

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    • Linux
     
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